02-10-2015, 12:42 PM
Agree, trend among may restorers is to replace old carbon resistors as well as just about all capacitors when going through a set. Many suppliers have assortments of differrent value resistors which brings down unit price to pennies,
and modern 1 or 2 watters are small as old 1/2 watt units, so never a space issue. I'd stick with 1/2 watt replacements wherever they are used as "fusisters" for damage control. As for high value (over 1 meg,) these can creep up a lot and become unreliable, so I always replace 'em.
and modern 1 or 2 watters are small as old 1/2 watt units, so never a space issue. I'd stick with 1/2 watt replacements wherever they are used as "fusisters" for damage control. As for high value (over 1 meg,) these can creep up a lot and become unreliable, so I always replace 'em.
